My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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In progress top 300 albums in alphabetical order…

1.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

2.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Acid Witch - Stoned

5.Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers

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Power Metal is a genre I've gotten into quite a bit over the past few years. I'd only really listened to Symphony X before, but discovered Blind Guardian, Wuthering Heights, Gamma Ray and others…

1.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd

4.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010…

1.Rotting Christ - Aealo

2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

3.Parkway Drive - Deep Blue

4.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

5.Kylesa - Spiral Shadow

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1.Kvelertak - Kvelertak

2.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Alter Bridge - AB III

5.Fear Factory - Mechanize

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I've omitted Legacy Of The Dark Lands because, while I like it, it is not a conventional Blind Guardian studio album and does not feel relevant to this ranking. Additionally, while Beyond The Red…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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It is a common concept that many albums share the title with one of their songs, the title track.
However, there are a few examples of songs that have not been included in the album of the same name but…

1.AC/DC - High Voltage (Australia)

2.AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It

3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth

4.At The Gates - Gardens Of Grief

5.Azaghal - Omega

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Sepulcros - Vazio

3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away

4.Nibiru - Anamorphosis

5.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2010 was a great start for the decade, a lot of great release came out that year, one…

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape

5.Anthriel - The Pathway

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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You know it's a rough year when this much Stoner crap makes it on lol. Fuck the 2010's.

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Hooded Menace - Never…

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Watain - Lawless Darkness

3.Dark Fortress - Ylem

4.Helloween - 7 Sinners

5.Sodom - In War And Pieces

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1.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

2.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

5.Blind Guardian - Follow The Blind

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just rating albums as I listen to them, work in progress…

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

5.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

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Must Listen: The First 5…

1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Volbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven

5.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

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